Light is the opposite of all darkness, and it is also the basic sense of security that people need most, with which they can see the road under their feet clearly, and with which they can illuminate the lost world, but they cannot illuminate the hearts of those who are bewitched.

Why is this old man with a lantern here? Where is this again? All this was supposed to be what Wang Ling should have thought about, but when he got the two gold coins, it didn't seem to matter, because behind the old man there was a blocked door. It was very low, and the position of the shadow was just right, if it weren't for the corpse that was dispersed, it would be extremely difficult to find, he tried to push it with his hand, there were some signs of loosening, and with more force, the door opened......

Holding Li Xin's hand, the two bent down and got in, any possible path is what they need to try now, when he stepped into the footsteps, he still glanced back at the pile of human bones, and a thought flashed in his mind: Could this be a trap?

One could feel the danger signal, especially for a man with a sixth sense like him, but the danger was only fleeting, and he soon forgot about it, because behind this door there was a world that he thought was incredible, a magnificent palace that could not be described in words, an unknown world hidden in darkness and underground.

Every few steps, he could see the beautifully made candlesticks placed on the wall, in the shape of a triangle, Li Xin said that it was made of silver, and gently wiped off the layer of oxidized black outside, and he could still see how exquisite it was back then. The long candles, all brand new, had a strong aristocratic vibe, and the room was relit as they walked slowly along the wall.

A total of twenty-four candlesticks surrounded a circular room, in the middle of which was a circular pool that was constantly gushing out of the spring and steaming, and in the middle of the pool was a statue of a naked man standing in the pool with a steel fork in his hand, and the shape was very beautiful. I have never seen this kind of carved royal tomb, but Li Xin recognized it, and she said that it was Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology!

"The trident is his symbol," Li Xin looked at the majestic sculpture and said: "In ancient Greek mythology, Poseidon is not only powerful, but also ambitious and unruly, he is not satisfied with the power he has, earthquakes and tsunamis are manifestations of his inner indignation. He conspired with Hera, Apollo, Athena and other gods to oust Zeus from his throne, but the plot did not succeed, and he was eventually driven to serve a mortal because he offended Zeus. ”

"The god of foreigners," Wang Ling smiled, "he is very similar to one of our Chinese gods." ”

"You're talking about the water gods, right?" Li Xin crossed his arms and looked at the statue, it can indeed be called a beautiful work of art, "In fact, there are many similarities between ancient Greek mythology and Chinese mythology, and if you compare it carefully, you will find that whether it is the opening of the world or the creation of man by Nuwa, you can find a counterpart in Greek mythology, such as they say that heaven and earth were created by Kaos, and man was created by Prometheus."

It's just that compared with Chinese mythology, the gods in Greek mythology are more specifically described in terms of seven emotions and six desires, unlike Chinese gods who do not eat fireworks in the world. Compared to those half-human, half-beast shapes, you see that they are either beautiful men or sexy beauties, do you know why there are these differences? ”

Wang Ling shook his head, he had never accepted Western history, let alone those Western myths, but he understood that the birth of any national myth was because of the products of ancient clans.

"Because our mythology is much earlier than theirs," Li Xin said, "I once tried to do a question about whether the history of mythology in the West is derived from the history of Chinese mythology, but because of some relationships and ideas, two completely different mythological worlds were born later." Their mythology is based on the gods, and the Mediterranean Sea of maritime civilization has always produced romantic poets and philosophers, and the freedom and liberation of thought are what they pursue, so they have endowed the gods with many emotions.

In the age of barbarism, in the face of natural forces that man could not solve, man pinned his hope on God, and they prayed to God in order to try to get God's protection, so that God could solve the things they could not solve, so we thought that God was to serve man. So from the very beginning, our mythology was with rational and moral elements, and it was very political, moral, and utilitarian, while Greek mythology was a purely independent mythological system, which was more like an epic.

Fourth brother, I think you must have written an essay when you were in school, right?

It's like a Chinese language teacher comes up with a propositional essay, the title of the essay is called: 'That person', and the teacher will give you some bits and pieces of clues about this person. There are 40 students in the class, and the next day you turn in your homework, do you think the content of these 40 essays will be the same? ”

"No," Wang Ling said, "everyone's mind determines what he describes, and the same back, some people think it's his father, some people think it's a friend, and some think it's dangerous." ”

Therefore, the understanding of mythology between the romantic Greeks and the Chinese under the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is completely different, and this is only because of the difference in thinking, not the difference in content itself. It's a pity that I will never have the opportunity to study that subject again, and I once had an idea that in earlier times, could the Eurasian continent itself be one, and the things described in those Western legends are basically the same thing as what we record, but different languages and different cultures have created different versions now. ”

"It's a great idea, and the topic is very meaningful." Wang Ling walked to the edge of the pool and touched the pool water, which was still a little tumbling, he found that the water in the pool was actually hot, and around the pool water was neatly placed tables, the distribution of the tables was also very interesting, some were three long rows, and some were two short rows, placed in eight directions, this discovery really surprised him, because this is clearly the Chinese gossip pattern!

"If I'm not mistaken, the water is cold on the other side of the pool." He said, then walked over to the other side of the statue and reached out, and sure enough. Wang Ling shook the water droplets in his hand lightly and said: "One yin and one yang is Tai Chi, the outside circle is gossip, and the twenty candlesticks are the twenty-four stars, but this is on a foreign island, but there is a foreign god statue standing in the middle, Li Xin, isn't this the subject you studied?" ”

"I don't understand, maybe," Li Xin said: "The time here is not as long as I thought, you must know that the exchange between China and foreign countries has a history of thousands of years, and it may be impossible for a foreigner who likes Chinese culture to do this." I think since there is a small palace here, there must be a way to the outside, otherwise who will be left for it? ”

Unfortunately, after a few turns, this is just a luxurious room, and the two are a little disappointed, which is not what they thought. But when they tried to exit the wooden door they had entered before, they found that they didn't know when the wooden door was gone!

"It's obviously here," Wang Ling's voice was a little frightened, he slapped against the stiff wall, "I remember, this is it, how is it possible, in the blink of an eye, the kung fu door is gone!" ”

"Don't worry," Li Xin said: "Don't worry, let's calm down first," at this time, she was more rational than Wang Ling, she said: "I heard that there is a kind of blinding method, which is also commonly known as ghost hitting the wall, I guess we have encountered that thing." ”

"Yes," Wang Ling now had sweat on his forehead, his face was a little pale, and now when he turned around, he could see the statue in the center, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was starting to become a little seeping. He said, "I believe that the two of us have fallen into a trap that has been set by someone, don't you see that everything here is a circle?" We've fallen into this circle, probably stuck. ”

"Don't be afraid," Li Xin comforted him: "I have seen the principle of ghosts hitting the wall, I believe that it is by no means the so-called real ghost blindfolded people's eyes, I can see you clearly now, you can also see me, right?" Everything before our eyes is real and clearly visible. ”

She continued: "There was an experiment in the West where a wild duck's eyes were covered with a black cloth and then released, and they found that the duck would fly back every once in a while, and if it was in the open sky, it would be found that it was always flying in a circle. In a word, the essence of biological motion is circular motion. If there is no goal, the instinctive movement of any creature is a circle, as long as you close your eyes and walk, it will not be long before you will find that you have deviated from the straight line, it is precisely because we use our eyes to constantly correct the direction, that is, our brain is doing positioning and correcting the gap, so we can walk in a straight line.

The eyes and brain can help us to correct, and we can also be deceived that the two of us should be lost in this place that doesn't look too big! ”